Skipping the 3.21, 3.42, 3.56 PS3 update

[er6i]

thank you so much, it really works.

so i can have my yellow dog safe.

[Bhaal]

what do you think about this ? http://demonhades.org/blog/mathieulthowned-by-u/

[Aaron]

what do you think about this ? http://demonhades.org/blog/mathieulthowned-by-u/

Dunno, I can't read it. But Mathieulh had nothing to do with the server, he just helped publicize it after I made it and told some people about it on IRC. Google translate says something about sniffing logins, which I know concerns some people, but some simple tests with the nameserver would show you no domains are being redirected anywhere besides *.ps3.update.playstation.net.

I can guarantee it's not doing anything suspicious. But if you don't trust me, don't use it

[Alex Atkin UK]

what do you think about this ? http://demonhades.org/blog/mathieulthowned-by-u/

Dunno, I can't read it. But Mathieulh had nothing to do with the server, he just helped publicize it after I made it and told some people about it on IRC. Google translate says something about sniffing logins, which I know concerns some people, but some simple tests with the nameserver would show you no domains are being redirected anywhere besides *.ps3.update.playstation.net.

I can guarantee it's not doing anything suspicious. But if you don't trust me, don't use it

They are just worried you will notice what porn sites they are using. Funny how these same people never worry about their ISP knowing what they are up to. People SHOULD be wary of what DNS servers they are using, but that's why there are many ways listed in this thread on how to run your own if you are concerned.

I wonder how many people use OpenDNS completely unaware at just how intrusive their DNS system is. I stopped using it because it was doing all sorts of annoying things like telling me sites were down when they were not and generally not being very responsive due to how much crap it was doing for every request.

Fortunately I already had BIND in its default caching DNS for my LAN anyway (my ISP has terrible DNS servers, they don't work half the time) so adding a block to it for the PS3 was easy, I just needed a prod in the right direction as I always seemed to make mistakes when trying to add zones in the past. Had no idea it was so easy. If you regularly visit the same websites and always have a specific PC on when people are using the Internet, its a good idea to run your own DNS anyway as it should be faster.

[Aaron]

As I said, I don't log DNS queries either, so I couldn't check what sites people are visiting if I wanted to
(Although, to be honest, it does log SERVFAIL messages, which I've noticed to often be torrent domains >.>)

I actually run dnsmasq on my laptop locally for DNS caching for the same reason. I know I could've used that for my PS3, and I did use it months ago for this, but it's not always around so I chose to set it up on my server instead.

[Scott64]

Thank you very much for the help! I used the BIND info on the first few pages to set up what I'm using for my primary DNS to pretend to be FW3.21 and I use google's 8.8.8.8 as my alternate for everything else. Works great. On PSN now with FW3.15, downloading from the PS Store, etc. I hope when they eventually patch this work-around, the next will will be somewhere near as easy.

First post. Just registered so I could say thank you.

[ChaoticJoe]

Hey Aaron On Behalf of myself and all the other PS3 users out there using this DNS, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Keep up the good work

[guessswh0]

Could someome possibly post pastebin links of all the files? I was looking on page 3, and I copied the setup from there (Except changing the A record to point to the IP address of my web server) and I am just unable to get this to work. It keeps wanting me to update the ps3.

I'm trying to do this on a local machine on my network. I have the server ready, with bind and apache installed, but just not having any success.

I'd appreciate the help, thanks.

[namelessuser]

Thank you Aaron, I am so glad ya did this.
Happily since ya explained out the mechanics, I did do a local version(not as nice as a bind solution).
Since I'm using the DD-WRT firmware on my router it has a simple DNSMasq option in the services so I just added address=/.ps3.update.playstation.net/192.168.0.180 the ip being a local server hosting a copy of the PS3 file from your server. Since it's in the router I can leave the network settings to easy and DNS settings on the PS3 to default as well.
Thanks again for the neat solution!

[kaz911]

On Mikrotik routers - they accept regular expressions in dns

/ip dns static add name=".*\\.ps3\\.update\\.playstation\\.net" address=(insert your dest ip here)

that will take *.ps3.update.playstation.net and send to your own destination.

alternative

/ip dns static add name=".*ps3\\.update\\.playstation\\.net" address=(insert your dest ip here)

takes *ps3.update.playstation.net and sends to your own IP. (even yourps3.update.playstation.net)

if you add the above from the Mikrotik WinBox tool - remove one backslash \ from each double backslash \\.

Remember to set your router IP as the first entry in the Mikrotik DHCP server! If the DHCP server only has external DNS servers set - the above will not work!



DD-WRT is great - and Mikrotik routers are even better and they can allow you to run a DD-WRT in a "virtual" machine on same hardware... for $70? (i'm not affiliated with Mikrotik - but they have solved a lot of problems for me like voip and hulu access from Middle East.)

[RoBz]

Anyone else unable to get on PSN with Aaron's DNS?
;_;

edit: yup, others saying it's been blocked.

[Aaron]

Seems like Sony has effectively blocked all of the current methods for bypassing the update, including any DNS or proxy tricks, transparent or otherwise.

Sony wins, for now...
:/

[Frost]

Oh well, it was a good run. We got an extra two weeks out of it before the bastards shut us down. :/

[bsanehi]

Seems like Sony has effectively blocked all of the current methods for bypassing the update, including any DNS or proxy tricks, transparent or otherwise.

Sony wins, for now...
:/

I told you sony was gonna block it for ps3 like they did for psp, but now hackers got the psn working on the psp, with the psnfucker plugin

[Nightmare]

As far as i can see it is possible to play PS3 games online with the KAI-Network - but only with 12 games.

http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/?go=games
Sony Playstation 3
Armored Core 4
Blazing Angels 2
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty-Modern Warfare 2
F.E.A.R
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Kane And Lynch Dead Men
Rainbow Six Vegas
The Darkness
TimeShift
Unreal Tournament 3
Warhawk
Total Supported: 12

Forum:
http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=52

There is even a DD-WRT Version with the KAI-Proxy (but maybe only for XBOX?)
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Kai_Console_Gaming

[redbiker]

sorry for my bad english. I have problem with change dns. After change and test connection show me error "this is DNS error (80710102)" Do you have advice for me, please?

[Omega]

sorry for my bad english. I have problem with change dns. After change and test connection show me error "this is DNS error (80710102)" Do you have advice for me, please?

I don't know how to resolve that error, but this method of skipping updates does not work anymore ):
I wouldn't update if I were you though. With stuff like psjailbreak, and other stuff we're working on.

[Aaron]

3.42 is now out and blocks PSGroove. For whatever reason, the DNS/proxy trick hasn't been blocked yet. People on 3.41 (and possibly lower) can still get on PSN! I've reestablished my DNS server for the time being.

It works again!
(for how long, who knows)

[Shad0w]

It DOES work!

Thank you very much Aaron!

[fusion]

Hi there Aaron, i'm new here just registered but the reason for me registering is regarding this post and it got me very interested on how this works so i wanted to ask a quick question in the hope you can help me...

Ive been reading your post and all others about how to change the DNS and so fourth so that you don't have to update your firmware but the question is, is there a "how to" or a step by step of what you need to do or what other software you need to achieve this?

As my PS3 is connected to a router with DHCP "enabled" but ive never played about with the DNS settings before...

it would be great if you could help me with this or point me to the right direction.

Thanks